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flagpole

[ flag-pohl ]

noun

  1. a staff or pole on which a flag is or can be displayed.


flagpole

/ ˈflæɡˌstɑːf; ˈflæɡˌpəʊl /

noun

  1. a pole or staff on which a flag is hoisted and displayed
  2. run something up the flagpole
    to pursue a tentative course of action in order to gauge the reaction it receives
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of flagpole1

First recorded in 1880–85; flag 1 + pole 1
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Last year, while Republicans were trying to de-gay the flagpoles of our embassies, the world also learned that Russia’s Supreme Court declared the rainbow flag was forbidden in its country.

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The Van Nuys man used flagpoles, metal crutches and broken pieces of furniture as he stormed the building, injuring both police and other insurrectionists, according to court documents.

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Capitol Police officers were attacked with weapons including metal batons, wooden planks, flagpoles, fire extinguishers and pepper spray.

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So it’s worth remembering how on that “day of love,” as Trump has described it, police were set upon by thugs wielding baseball bats, flagpoles, tasers, pepper spray and iron pipes.

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At least one of them was stabbed with a flagpole topped by an American eagle.

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